A classic comedic masterpiece that will be embraced by a new generation of readers — both of serious fiction and of comedic ficton — <i>The Polyglots</i> initially published in 1925, and was celebrated by Anthony Powell as “a classic.”<br><br>It is the story of an eccentric Belgian family living in the Far East after World War I and the Russian Revolution. The tale is recounted by the family’s young English relative, Captain Georges Hamlet Alexander Diabologh, who visits during a military mission. Bursting with bizarre characters — from depressives to sex maniacs — Gerhardie delivers a remarkably absurd world where comedy and tragedy are never far apart.